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Im Rausch der Stille by Albert Sánchez Piñol
4.0
Easy to read without paying too much attention, and I did't find it scary at all… Which surprised (and disappointed?) me quite a lot thinking of all the other reviews on here. It's an interesting portrait of humans and the borders of humanity, with the beautiful setting of a tiny island somewhere where it's still warm enough to survive (if you find a way to handle certain dangers). The frogs are described rather aesthetically, too. The end had a severerly melancholic touch.
Undoing Gender by Judith Butler
5.0
Didn't read all of it because the library took it from me before… uhm, you know. Deeply impressed and sure that I'll read some of Butler's other books soon.
The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket
4.0
Oh, I love Lemony Snicket. I love the Baudelaire orphans, I loved Uncle Monty and I might even love Count Olaf (a bit, from time to time, because he's part of these stories).
It is a sad, depressing, senseless, upsetting story about the bad things that can unfortunately happen in this world, meaning: It is the most enjoyable and entertaining book I've read in some time, making me burst with laughters or calmly grin on the explanation of all those "difficult words", then again cause me to hold my breath or shiver slightly.
In this volume, I was particularily fond of the Incredibly Deadly Viper.
It is a sad, depressing, senseless, upsetting story about the bad things that can unfortunately happen in this world, meaning: It is the most enjoyable and entertaining book I've read in some time, making me burst with laughters or calmly grin on the explanation of all those "difficult words", then again cause me to hold my breath or shiver slightly.
In this volume, I was particularily fond of the Incredibly Deadly Viper.
WilderNacht Kladde 1 by Joachim Masannek
3.0
Brilliant ideas. Well, not for all the pages to be filled. Nice storytelling. Until I got bored on page 98 or so.
Loved the first few pages, didn't like the drawings too much, still read through it- it's one thing you can do when looking for some entertainment.
Loved the first few pages, didn't like the drawings too much, still read through it- it's one thing you can do when looking for some entertainment.
Fun Home: Eine Familie von Gezeichneten by Alison Bechdel
3.0
I really, totally don't know what to make of this story, this book, this graphic novel. It get's so close, too close, to being disturbing, but never close enough. It poses questions.
(Can all people in societies similar to the one I'm experiencing somehow relate to all this, can they all identify with Alison?)
It was not always enjoyable to read. So many references to books I might never get to know, so much talk about suicide. (I don't know which was worse, probably the former. "Oh my good look at how much time I'm wasting on the Internet it took me 5 days to read this etc pp.") Not uplifting, not really.
But something to hold on to when no "real book" can be seen as possible. Somehow likable.
And I love the illustrations.
(Can all people in societies similar to the one I'm experiencing somehow relate to all this, can they all identify with Alison?)
It was not always enjoyable to read. So many references to books I might never get to know, so much talk about suicide. (I don't know which was worse, probably the former. "Oh my good look at how much time I'm wasting on the Internet it took me 5 days to read this etc pp.") Not uplifting, not really.
But something to hold on to when no "real book" can be seen as possible. Somehow likable.
And I love the illustrations.
Die Wand by Marlen Haushofer
4.0
First it seems to be brilliant, nothing more. Ideas for great interpretations, especially the ones considering the year it was published (1968), kept coming to me with the flow of simple, direct language that expresses what is necessary. Later I got tired of that. Waiting for a new perspective when it's discussed in the lecture I read it for.